Events and Conference Co-ordinator
- Full time
- £26,227
- On site/Hybrid: Edinburgh (opportunity for hybrid working following successful completion of probation)
- Closing 14th October 2026
- Advertised from 21st September 2026
- Salary under review. Hours: 37.5 Contract: Permanent
Role
Join ASME and help deliver inspiring events for the health professions education community
The Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) is looking for an enthusiastic, organised and proactive Events and Conference Co-Ordinator to join our team in Edinburgh.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys bringing events to life and is confident working across event coordination, administration, communications, social media and stakeholder management.
The successful candidate will support the planning and delivery of ASME's varied programme of conferences, events and workshops throughout the year, covering online, hybrid and in-person events. This includes major events such as our Annual Scholarship Meeting (ASM), which attracts approximately 800 delegates, and HPERx, which attracts around 100 delegates.
You will work closely with the Events Manager across the event portfolio, while also having the opportunity to take ownership of individual events and deliver them independently with minimal support.
About the role
Your responsibilities will include:
- Coordinating the planning, administration and delivery of online, hybrid and in-person conferences, events and workshops.
- Supporting the delivery of large-scale events, including ASM and HPERx.
- Independently planning and delivering selected events and courses.
- Coordinating event logistics, delegate management, speaker liaison, registration and on-site event delivery.
- Liaising with ASME Board members, committees, groups and colleagues to ensure successful events.
- Building effective relationships with venues, hotels, suppliers, contractors and other external stakeholders.
- Creating and maintaining event listings and event pages on the ASME website.
- Supporting event marketing and communications, including creating and scheduling graphics and engaging with members across social media.
- Creating and monitoring event budgets and ensuring expenditure represents good value.
- Supporting post-event evaluation and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Working within established procedures to ensure effective event management and accurate record keeping.
- Providing support and cover for colleagues when required.
About you
We are looking for someone who is highly organised, efficient and able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines. You will need to be comfortable working both independently and as part of a small team, with the initiative to anticipate potential issues and find practical solutions.
You will have:
- Excellent organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple events simultaneously.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build positive relationships with colleagues, members, suppliers and other stakeholders.
- A proactive approach, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to prioritise effectively.
- Confidence communicating professionally and diplomatically with people at all levels.
- Practical experience of digital and event management tools, including Microsoft Office and platforms such as Canva, Hootsuite, SurveyMonkey, Mailchimp, Microsoft Teams and/or Zoom.
- Confidence using social media platforms including LinkedIn, Instagram, X and Facebook.
Experience of organising conferences, workshops or professional events would be advantageous, as would experience with WordPress or similar websites, event registration/delegate management systems, venues and suppliers, and monitoring or managing event budgets. A relevant qualification or equivalent experience in events and conference management is also desirable.
Full job description available here: https://www.asme.org.uk/vacancies/
Initially the role is office based, but there is opportunity for hybrid working after completion of a probationary period. Salary currently under review.
Why join ASME?
You will be joining a small, committed team supporting a vibrant professional community within health professions education. This is a varied role offering the opportunity to develop your event management, communications and digital skills while contributing to the successful delivery of some of ASME's key annual activities.
If you are an organised and enthusiastic events professional who enjoys working with people, managing varied projects and making sure every detail comes together, we would love to hear from you.
Application notes
Please submit your CV and a covering letter explaining your interest in the role and how your experience meets the requirements of the position to Jenny Ogg, Chief Officer, ASME on jenny@asme,org.uk
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Gill Wells, Events Manager,events@asme.org.uk
Closing date: 14th October 2026
Interviews: In person, w/c 19 October 2026
ASME is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We seek to ensure our events are inclusive, accessible and welcoming to all, and we expect all colleagues to contribute to this commitment.
We are dedicated to building an inclusive community in health professions education. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, and life experiences.
Notice to Recruitment Agencies and Third Parties:
We are managing recruitment for this role directly and in-house to ensure our charitable funds are directed toward our core mission. We do not accept unsolicited CVs or introductory calls/approaches from recruitment agencies or third-party vendors for this position. Any profiles submitted via Indeed, LinkedIn, Goodmoves, or directly to our staff will be treated as a direct application from the candidate, and no placement fees will be paid under any circumstances.
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Administrator
- Full time
- £26,227
- On site/Hybrid: Edinburgh EH4 5BP (opportunity for hybrid working following successful completion of probation)
- Closing 19th October 2026
Help us support the people who educate tomorrow's health professionals
The Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) is seeking an organised, enthusiastic and committed Administrator to join our small team in Edinburgh.
ASME brings together people involved in the study and practice of health professions education. Through our awards, mentoring, events, publications, membership, committees and wider activities, we support our community to share knowledge, develop their practice and contribute to the future of health professions education.
We're looking for someone who will enjoy playing a central role in making that work happen.
About the opportunity
This is much more than a general office administration role.
You will have responsibility for two important areas of ASME's work – Awards and Mentoring – while also becoming part of a team where everyone contributes to the successful delivery of our wider programme of activity.
You'll work closely with the Chief Officer and Directors of Awards, and Career Development and colleagues across the organisation, as well as communicating with members, volunteers, applicants, assessors, committees, training providers and other stakeholders.
Supporting excellence through our awards
ASME offers a range of awards, grants and prizes recognising and supporting contributions to health professions education.
You will help ensure these programmes are administered effectively from submission through assessment and notification of outcomes. This will include maintaining records and spreadsheets, communicating with applicants and assessors, supporting awarding committees, updating online information and forms, preparing certificates and promoting opportunities through our website and social media.
Supporting professional development through mentoring
You will also play a key role in the administration of ASME's mentoring activity.
This includes maintaining our mentor database, processing applications, responding to enquiries, communicating with mentors and mentees, liaising with our mentor training provider and coordinating the Mentoring Workshop Programme, delivered three times each year.
You will be helping to create a positive experience for people participating in these programmes and ensuring that the administration behind them is efficient, accurate and welcoming.
Being part of the wider ASME team
ASME is a small organisation, and this means that the role is varied.
Alongside your main responsibilities, you will have the opportunity to support colleagues across other areas of our work. This may include website updates, meetings, events, communications, membership administration and general office activities.
You'll therefore need to be someone who is happy to get involved, support colleagues and adapt when priorities change.
About you
We are looking for someone who combines strong administrative skills with a professional, helpful and collaborative approach.
You will have:
·At least one year's previous experience in an administration role
·Excellent organisational and time-management skills
·A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
·Excellent written and verbal communication skills
·The confidence to communicate professionally with a wide range of people
·The ability to manage competing priorities and work to deadlines
·The ability to work independently while also contributing positively to a small team
·Initiative and good problem-solving skills
·Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
·Good numerical skills
·Familiarity with social media
·Ideally, some experience of updating website platforms
A minimum of an HNC in Office Administration or equivalent is preferred.
You will also need to be able to travel occasionally within the UK, sometimes around 3–4 times per year.
What we can offer
You'll join a small team working to support a national and international community involved in health professions education.
The role offers:
·A permanent, full-time contract
·37.5 hours per week
·Salary of £26,227.50 per annum
·An Edinburgh-based workplace at EH4 5BP
·The opportunity for hybrid working following successful completion of probation
·A varied role with opportunities to broaden your experience across the organisation
·The opportunity to work directly with members, volunteers, committees and other stakeholders
·The chance to contribute to programmes that support learning, development, scholarship and collaboration within health professions education
Equality, diversity and inclusion
ASME is committed to promoting and supporting equality, diversity and inclusivity across our organisation and wider community.
We welcome applications from people with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives and are committed to ensuring that everyone who engages with ASME is treated with dignity and respect.
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Kitchen Supervisor
- Full time
- £24,725
- On site: The Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Little France, EH16 4TJ
- Closing 25th September 2026
Scran Academy is an Edinburgh youth work charity, supporting young people facing poverty and trauma to succeed through our innovative education and employment programmes.
We exist to alleviate poverty and provide opportunities for all young people, no matter their background or barrier. We do this by creating real-life experiences and positive adult relationships that help shine a light on the strengths and aspirations of young people. We use food, cooking and real-life responsibility through our café and catering social enterprises to build experiences and form relationships that change young people’s lives.
We’re currently looking for a talented, experienced Kitchen Supervisor to join the frontline team that helps young people develop in ways that are meaningful to them.
This is not your average Kitchen Supervisor role!This is an exciting opportunity to support the delivery of our flagship NHS employability café and to help young people thrive in a professional catering environment. Working as an essential part of our dedicated team, the successful candidate will help us deliver strong kitchen standards, reliable service and meaningful social impact.
We are therefore looking for an experienced, proactive chef who chimes with our values and takes pride in producing consistently good food. The successful candidate will work closely with the Kitchen Manager, supervise the kitchen team and take charge of day-to-day kitchen operations when the Kitchen Manager is absent.
Working with young people on employment and work-experience placements will be part of the fabric of the job. For many, this may be their first professional kitchen environment, so compassion, patience, clear communication and a non-judgemental approach are essential.
This role embodies our values: We Love, We Trust, We Unite and We Lead:
We Love – the successful candidate will nurture young people. They will care deeplyand see all behaviour as communication that deserves a dignified response. Theywill be non-judgemental and take a trauma-informed approach.
We Trust – the successful candidate will believe in the potential of young people. hey will trust them to be the expert of their own life and circumstance. They will
We Unite– the successful candidate will bring people together and help create a safe, respectful kitchen where teamwork, communication and stepping outside
comfort zones are supported and encouraged.
We Lead – the successful candidate will lead by example and help young people
recognise their own ability to lead. They will be ready to take responsibility when
required, listen to others and provide a platform for young people to learn and thrive.
Transition Edinburgh South (TES) works with local people and community organisations to regenerate greenspaces and community buildings in the South of Edinburgh, We do this in a number of ways -
- Growing food that is good for people and planet; blending growing with community health, learning, and volunteering programmes and events that reduce social isolation, mental ill health and poverty, improve health and community connections, increase bio-diversity and reduce carbon pollution.
- Increasing opportunities for volunteering and supporting local grassroots projects.
- Working with local residents and community organisations to develop the buildings and greenspaces where we are based and in surrounding communities.
- Working to improve the environments where we are based, by tackling the impacts of climate change, reducing carbon pollution, increasing bio-diversity, and promoting sustainable development and regenerative horticulture.
We are based at the Gracemount Community Garden where, since 2013, we use organic and ecological techniques that regenerate the soil while growing fruit and veg for the community. We are part of the Transition Movement which “is a movement of communities coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world”.
We are currently looking to appoint a Treasurer to join our small Board. The Treasurer will be responsible for managing all financial matters on behalf of our organisation and will be responsible for ensuring that the organisation has robust financial processes to meet its legal and constitutional requirements. It will also be the responsibility of the Treasurer to report the financial position at the board meetings. While we encourage and welcome applicants of all backgrounds, we are keen to hear from candidates that have experience of charity financial management or are chartered in a suitable accountancy field.
All Trustees are required to attend monthly board meetings, ideally in person in Edinburgh but occasional attendance by video call is ok. In addition, we ask Trustees to attend our organisational strategy day and our AGM. Please note that this is a voluntary role. The trustees of our organisation do not receive any remuneration.
We are seeking a Treasurer to join our small but dynamic Board of Trustees. If you are passionate about literacy and committed to good governance and sound financial practice we would love to hear from you!
Craigmillar Literacy Trust’s objective is that every person is empowered through literacy in the community of Craigmillar. We support people’s literacy skills by working with children, young people, families, parents and carers and other adults, and across communities.
We deliver a number of projects which include Craigmillar Books for Babies, Craigmillar Stories for Sharing and Express Yourself!
Craigmillar Literacy Trust is governed by an experienced Board of Trustees who meet every 6-8 weeks, with some sub-group meetings as required, to review the overall governance and success of the organisation.
The Treasurer’s role is to oversee the financial elements of the organisation, to monitor the financial affairs of the charity and to report to the other Trustees accordingly about the financial health of the organisation in line with charity and legal requirements. It is essential for the Treasurer to have a sound knowledge and understanding of financial management through professional or other experience. The Treasurer is expected to have an understanding and commitment to the work of Craigmillar Literacy Trust.
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